Airboat Club Member Helps In Dog Rescue On the Platte River

“Cassie Simonson was heartbroken.

Thea — her beloved Great Dane — was missing.

Simonson searched for Thea for days, figuring she’d never see her dog again.

But Simonson and Thea have been reunited — thanks to Fremont firefighters and an observant lawn service worker.

On Friday, firefighters made a high-angle rescue, retrieving the 110-pound dog who found herself about halfway down a 200-foot bluff in the Riverview subdivision, south of Fremont.

The firemen helped the dog and the worker get down to the Platte River bank and a landing where both were picked up by an airboat and taken to safety…”

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